CHRONICLES 

OF 

NATHAN BEN SADDI 



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INTRODUCTORY NOTE 



INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY 
SAMUEL W. PENNYPACKER 



IN order properly to appreciate the 
remarkable Colonial Satire, entitled 
A Fragment of the Chronicles of 
Nathan Ben Saddiy printed in Phila- 
delphia by James Chattin in 1758, it is 
necessary to have some knowledge of 
the people and political conditions in 
Pennsylvania at the time of the French 
and Indian War and the period imme- 
diately prior and subsequent to that im- 
portant epoch. The Quakers had been in 
control of the Province since the time of 



William Penn and had a majority in the 
Assembly. They were supported by the 
Mennonites, Dunkers, Schwenkfelders, and 
Moravians, who represented among the Ger- 
mans those people whose religious views were 
opposed to warfare. They constituted the 
larger number of the inhabitants, and, in a 
political sense, may be designated as the 
Popular Party. Antagonistic to them was 
another party, at the head of which stood 
the Governor, appointed by the Proprietaries, 
composed of those who held office under 
him, the Church of England people, the 
Scotch - Irish, and the Lutherans and 
Reformed among the Germans, and desig- 
nated as the Proprietary Party. At each 
session of the Assembly for many years Isaac 
Norris, of Philadelphia, a man of wealth and 
culture, who possessed a fine library and used 
a book-plate and whose family more than a 

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half century before had emigrated from 
Jamaica, was chosen Speaker. The Chron- 
icle depicts him as proud and wielding great 
influence — "I bid one go and he goeth and 
another run and he runneth." The Assem- 
blies and the successive Governors were in a 
state of chronic contention, and each event 
as it arose was used by one or the other as a 
means of holding or securing the advantage. 
When the difficulties with the French 
threatened war and it began to appear prob- 
able that they would have the assistance of 
the Indians, Governor Robert Hunter Mor- 
ris wrote a message urging the necessity of 
taxation and a militia law in order that 
preparations for defence might be made, but 
the Assembly was controlled by Quakers 
who had always been able to live in accord 
with the natives without recourse to arms. 
While they passed a militia law it was not 



compulsory and they proposed to include in 
the scheme of taxation the proprietary estates, 
which led to controversy. 

At this time William Moore, President 
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of 
Chester County, and a Colonel in the Pro- 
vincial Militia, son of John Moore, who was 
Queen Anne's Collector of the Port at 
Philadelphia, was living at his home at 
Moore Hall on the banks of the Pickering 
Creek, in Chester County. He wrote in 
1755 a letter in which he said he was 
coming to the city at the head of two thou- 
sand men to compel the Assembly to enact 
a law to provide for the defence of the 
Province. Meanwhile a number of peti- 
tions were presented to the Assembly, in 
great part no doubt instigated by political 
opponents, complaining of numerous acts 
of alleged injustice committed by Moore in 



his judicial office, and thereupon that body 
cited him to appear before them and make 
response. He denied their right to sit in 
judgment upon his conduct and later pub- 
lished in the newspapers an Address in 
which he berated the Assembly for what he 
regarded as its many failures in the perform- 
ance of duty. The Assembly had a hearing 
in his absence, asked the then Governor, 
William Denny, for his removal from office, 
and treating his paper as a breach of the 
privilege of the House directed its Sergeant- 
at-Arms to arrest him and Dr. William 
Smith, the first Provost of the College, who 
afterwards married a daughter of Moore and 
was supposed to have taken part in the 
preparation of the offensive paper. They 
were both thrown into prison, but were 
released by the Governor after the adjourn- 
ment of the House, and Smith carried the 



matter before the throne of Great Britain 
with the result that the King reproved the 
Assembly for its action. These events, the 
details of which may be found in T'he Life 
and Times of D?\ William Smithy Dr. Stille's 
Memoir of Dr. William Smithy and my own 
Historical a7id Biographical Sketches and 
Annals of Phcenixville, caused a great excite- 
ment throughout the Province and led to 
the production of much controversial litera- 
ture in newspapers and pamphlets. David 
James Dove, a rather acrid schoolmaster, 
living in Philadelphia, of whom while in 
England some anecdotes are told in a book, 
entitled The Life and Adventures of the 
Chevalier Taylor^ and who has secured a 
renewed immortality by the publication of 
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell's admirable novel 
Hugh Wynne^ wrote some verses, entitled 
Labor in Vain, or an Attempt to Wash the 

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Black-Moore U^hite^ which were widely cir- 
culated as a broadside accompanied by a 
caricature. Of the Fragment of the Chroni- 
cles of Nathan Ben Saddi only two copies 
are known to me and both are in the 
library of the Library Company of Philadel- 
phia. Its false imprint and its concealment 
of the names of the persons referred to have 
no doubt caused its importance to be over- 
looked and have prevented its preservation. 
The present facsimile is a reproduction 
of one of the copies in the Philadelphia 
Library. Its author is unknown, but he 
was, of course, a member of the Proprietary 
Party. The notes upon one of the MS. 
fly-leaves are in the hand of the late Charles 
R. Hildeburn, and I have accepted his in- 
terpretation of the characters as correct. 
As to the most of them there can be no 
doubt whatever. To Benjamin Franklin, 

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who appears as Adonis, the Scribe, is ac- 
corded the credit of suggesting that an 
attempt be made by the Assembly to incite 
the people against the Governor. At this 
time he was the Clerk of the Assembly, and 
the printing of the votes and the laws con- 
stituted a large part of his private business. 
He is described as having learned to say 
"the things that was not," and as asserting 
concerning himself, "I am one of them that 
are peaceable. ... If any man draweth 
a cane across my mouth I lick, the dirt as a 
serpent ; and if any man call me rascal in 
one ear I turn the other and bid him say 
on." This fling would seem to hint at an 
incident in his career not elsewhere narrated. 
The original of Daniel the Ethiopian 
was Daniel Roberdeau, of Philadelphia. 
Even a satire may be of value in giving 
information as to character and appearance, 

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and we may safely infer that Roberdeau was 
swarthy and taciturn. To the query of 
Isaac, the Judge, following the suggestions 
of Adonis, the Scribe, his answer was the 
monosyllable, "Yea." Nathaniel Grubb, of 
Chester County, called "Gruban, the son 
of Ashbosheth," was probably fluent. The 
Chronicle says of him that he was noisy, " for 
he spake and said nothing, and he talked 
and no reason was found." Shiptol, the 
Hermaphrodite, was Thomas Leech, and 
he is described as without means and a 
dependent of Isaac Norris. 

Hughall, the son of Gomarg, was John 
Hughes, of Philadelphia County. If the 
Chronicle is correct he must at one time 
have been a baker. He was one of the 
close political friends of Franklin, who at 
the time of the passage of the Stamp Act 
had him appointed Collector of Stamp 

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Duties. It was to him that Franklin wrote 
his famous letter denouncing those who 
were opposing the British Government and 
calling them rebels. Masterol of the 
suburbs, William Masters, of Philadelphia, 
through whose property the present Master 
Street in the northern part of the city runs, 
seems to have been reticent, "for he never 
spoke." Asber, the son of Amittai, George 
Ashbridge of Chester County, who has the 
distinction of having sat in the Assembly for 
forty years, the longest period of service 
down to the present time, is described as 
"stiff but not stately, gloomy but not 
grave." 

Tochal, the son of Stentor, John 
Douglass of Lancaster County, had a voice 
of thunder, "but without lightning." Wane- 

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reth, Isaac Wayne of Chester County, the 
father of the most brilliant of Revolutionary 
soldiers, and ev^er a political opponent of 
Moore, of Moore Hall, though both were 
members of St. David's Church at Radnor, 
is described as "the stupid." Edward 
Kelley, the doorkeeper of the House, 
appears as Kerak, Joshua Ash of Chester 
County as Asa the butcher, and Richard 
Pearne, of Philadelphia, as Peronal the 
Beastly. Shimei, a Rabbi, was Dr. William 
Smith; Morat, the son of Ahimiaz, was 
William Moore, and they were " two men 
that loved justice and law and eschewed 
evil things." The literary merit of the 
Chronicle and the art with which the barren 
tree is described in the last chapter were 
for the time when they were written re- 

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markable and excelled anything of a like 
kind up to that period produced in the 
American colonies. The satire well de- 
serves the wider attention which will now 
be given to it. 



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CHRONICLES 




Nathan Ben Saddi ; 

A Rabbi of the Jews. 
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PI. II 



A Fragment of the CHRONICLES of 
Nathan Ben Sadpi. 



BOOK I. CHAP I. 



AND ic came to 
pafs in the days 
of Ifaac^ judge o- 
ver Judabt that 
many woes happened, and 
there was great murmur- 
ing of the people } for the 
number of the Gentiles 
vrasedcreafed much in the 
land 

2 And the Jews fald a 
mongft themfelves; Now 
is our power gone from 
us, and her glory depart-' 
edifrom Judah. 

3 Then came thefc 
wdrds unto the ears ot 
Jfaae the judg^, and he 
U»a3 grievec? 

4 Wherefore he fcnt 
unto his counfellors, bid- 
ding them come unto him 
that he might take counfe] 
concerning thefc things; 
and they came and flood 
before him 

5 Now there was a- 
mon^ his counfellors a 
(erum tnan,a/<r/^^cal!ed 
Adomst which, being in- 
tev^xaitabtautiful. For 



the length of his hair was 
comely, and when he 
polled his head (bccaufe 
the hair was heavy on him, 
therefore he polled it) he 
weighed the hair of Jiis 
head, at two hundred 
Ihekels, after the king's 
weight. 

6 And Adonis ths 
fcribe was a learned man, 
after the learning of the 
Jews ; for he had read 
over the leven volums of 
the "Talmud^ containing 
the dreams and vifions 
of thofe who hated truth \ 
and from thence he learnt 
to fay ti\e things that ives 
not, 

7 He likewife had per* 
ufed the jargums of the 
law, tho' not in the origi- 
nal ; for he underflood ic 
not : but the trandations 
thereof, by Jacobs the 
tranflator, thofe he per- 
ufed. 

8 And whatever drop- 

?ied from Jacobs the tranf- 
ator, that he fwallowed j 
•nd 



PI. rv 



Chap. I.] 



CHRONICLES. 



DtU-warry Sbaw-an and 
Cberocks i from Docan 
(which is by the river of. 
Grief) even yillegb in the 
mountains, and the inha- 
bitants of the inner plains. 

17 And the people 
mutter many mutterings, 
faying. The Jews are a»- 
iujl rulerSy and care not 
for the Gentiles, it Jerufa- 
Jem be fafe. We muft 
needs die ; but is not life 
as a precious ornament, 
opened to the air, which 
cannot be collefted again ? 

18 We have neither 
helmets on our heads, nor 
fpears in our hands, nor 
coats of mail, of mail for 
war ! but as a fool falleth 
before wicked mrn, fo wt 
fall. 

19 Now, therefore, that 
I fpcak of thefe things to 
my Lord the judge, it is 
becaufe the people have 
made me afraid. 

20 I am one of them 
that are peaceable and 
faithful in fudab. The 
fword is hateful to my 
eyes, and gun-powder 
(Unketh in my noftrils. 
If any man drawefb a ewe 
(Tofs my mouth, I lick the 
dirt zi a fcipeot } and U 



any man call me rafcal ia 
one ear, I turn the ethett 
and bid him fay on. 

2t Peace be unto uf 
and to our helpers. The 
noifc of the drum andthc 
trumpet is terrible : I love 
nofoundhnt Mr Off^N. 

22 This thing then fhall 
my Lord the judge do, 
and the thing will fervc 
us well ; and the com- 
plaints of the people (hail 
be turn'd into praifes, and 
their rcvUings mtothankf- 
^vings. 

23 Let us fend out falle 
prophets among the peo- 
ple, to every city and to 
every village, and to each 
partof thecountry,divcrs; 
and. let them cry aloud 
with a great voice faying, 

24 Arife, arife, O ye 
people! be watchful and 
fpare not; for the .man 
Uiat rulelb over you is a 
man ef a wicked heart, 
and feekedi to make you 
eatert cf graft and driniers 
efwaUr. 

25 He longeth toyoke 
you unto his chariot, and 
to driveyou with burthen!i 
as one driveth mules. 

26 He h«eth your 
couakllbrs. bacaule they 

watch 



PI. V. 



CHRONICLES. IChap. I. 

watch over you as faithful //0W£, (hall it be uken 
dogs watch over (hcep, quite away, 
ind will not fuffcr you to 32 And when the peo- 
bedevoiucdofthebeaft. pie (hall fend up their 
27 Arife, arile then, counfellors to Jcrufalcm, 
Oyepeoplel andftrcngth- thus (hall it happen : There 
en the handsot your coun- will be none that can turn 
fellors. httthcPbiliJlines to the right or to the left, 
ravage in the borders, it trom ought that my Lord 



is belter to die than toAtv*, 
and NOT DO AS wt 

PLZASE. 

28 And it (hall cotnc 



(hall fpeak. 

33 And my Lord (hall 
obJerve all the rites and 
ceremonies of the Jews 



to pafs, when thcfe words which he hath long ne- 
fhafl be heard of the peo- glefted, and (hall go into 
pic, that they will be the temple-, and pray in 
moth againft their ruler, pubiick, after rhe manner 
and they fay -, This man of the Pharifees j and the 
is the caufe of our evils ; people will take notice ot 
caft him out Irom among it, and be pleafed. 
„5^ 34 Then (hall my Lord 

\q For the people wjll counfel a tribute to be 
f] eak in fimplicity, and raifed over all Judah, and 
wiU not know the thing, it (hall be fo : for the 

30 And it (hall not be counfels which my Lord 
faid any more that the counfelleth in thcfe days 
Jews arc ttnji/Jl rulers ; nor (hall be as tho* a man had 
Jhall be remembered in the enquired at an Oracle. 
land that war is anabomi- 35 And it will be faid, 
nation unto them. my Lord careth for the 

31 But the crime (hall, pcoolc -, but my Lord will 
lie upon the head of the hold the bag, and bear 
wicked ruler, even upon what is put therein, as did 
his head (hall the innocent feme rulers in the days ot 
blood lie i but from my Old. 

Lord the judge, and from 36 And when the tri- 
bis^d. and from bis bute fliall be railed, uicjj 

IhaU 



PI. /•/ 



Chap.II.] 



CHRONICLES. 



fhall my Lord fct one 
counfcllor over a poft, 
and another over an 
office ; fo the men fliall 
be plcafcd, and cleave 
unto thee, and give thee 
a GREjtr NAME. 

37 Let my Lord the 
judge do according to 
thefe fayings, and his au- 
thority Ihall becftablifhcd 
in his Houje^ and his 
HOUSE^ will govern the 
people. 

3S And the faying of 



AJonis the fcribe pleafed 
J/aae the judge well i and 
he turn'd unto Daniel the 
/Etbiopiant and faid unto 
him. What faycft thou ? 
ftiall it be done after the 
fayings of Monis the 
fcribe ? 

39 And Daniel the 
/Etbicpian opened his 
mouth, and faid, TEA : 
for Daniel was not elo- 
quent, but of » now 
tongue. 



CHAP. II. 



NOW thefe are others 
of the counfellors 
ot J/aac the judge, with 
whom he counlellcth wife 
counfcls. 

2 GRUB AN, the (on of 
^Jbbojhetb, firnamcd the 
Noijy. 

3 For he fpakc, and laid 
nothing; and he talked, 
and no rrafon was found. 

4 And SHIPTOL, na- 
med Hermaphrodite. For 
feme faid he was a man, 
fome faid he was a woman, 
and there were others who 
faid he was both : there- 
fore was he firnamcd Her- 
mapbrodift* 



5 And he never did 
eat of the breac of the 
land, lor he had none of 
his own to eat v but he 
lived on the juice ot my 
Lord's bag, which he 
fucked ; even as a Lr-uje 
or a Leech fucketh the 
blood ot a man, fo fuck- 
ed he it. 

6 And HUG HALL, the 
fon ot Gomarg, who was 
knowing in jfire ; for he 
baked puddings and pies, 
and the childicn called to 
one another at play in the 
ftreets, " Whofe cakes 
are like unto the cakes of 
Hugball the fon of Gom- 

*ag?" 



PI vri. 






CHRONICLiar. CCkap.IT. 

ffig f " Vcniy he wm 43 So they gave him a 
•.curidus haker. great report among the 

7 And MASTERALt people; and he grevproud 
of the fuburbs, who wi| in heart, faying to hunfelf, 
», wife manj for he never 14 i bid one go aiid he 
fpoke. gocthj and another run 

8 And ASBER the fon and he runneth. Am riot 
of Amittai. HewasftiJBF I great in authority ? If 
but not ftately, gloomy any man Itand up againft 
but not grave ; and he my fayings, thus and thus 
walked as one in a medi- Ihall be done unco him. 
caiton. 15 And he became 

9 And TOCHAL the haughty, and his mind 
(on of Sten/or, His voice fwcllcd within him-, and 
was thunder, but without he went from theiways of 
lightning i forno man faw David his father, 
whither it aimed. 16 And Tic made an Ir 

loAnd^^y/.thefonof mage of paper, in the. 



Ha^i^ of the ibect of the 
butchers, near the place 
Golgotha, that is the Ikull. 



fhape of a Calf i and the 
body fecmed as tho* thir^ 
m/wj were joined together. 



II AndPf^A-NERETH but there was only one 

the ftupid, and PERO- head, and the head was 

JfAL die beajily. And like unto the head oiJfaac 

when a debate was debar* the judge. 



cd, ,^W the judge count* 
ed thole men as a man 
counteth his afies, whom 
be leadeth to the crib, and 
fcedeth with provender. 

12 And Ifaac the judge 
did according to the fay- 
ings oi Adonis the fcribe, 
and he mouldeth the 
counfellors in his hands, 
even as a potter mouldeth 
his clay. 



17 He likewife went af- 
ter the ways of Jeroboam, 
the fon of Nebat, who 
made Ifrael to An : for the 
loweft of the people he 
made Priefts of the High 
Places. 

18 And he gathered 
together the captains, the 
treafurers, the counfellors, 
the fheriffs, and all the 
people. 

19 Then 



main im 111 iniiaowaifiMnriiM" 




PI. IX. 



CHRONICLES. [Chap. n. 

f erftclventuie it fhould be the covituuit of the Rigb//^ 
laid, that he judged in covenanted xinto the <r/&r/fl» 

his own caufe, ana Ship- people to be extraded in 

telxheHermapbreditcyrent this ibrt. 

up in his ftead. 34 Know thereforeathac 

zg And Sbiptol^e Her' we will not worlbip the 

Hupbrodite burned with calf which my lord the 

the love of J/aae the judge hath fee up, nor ac- 

judge, and he fpake wrath- knowledge its power, we 

fullf , faying : cannot do this evil thing 

30 Is it true, O Sbimei 10 our own conlcicnccA^ 
and-^t'^'o'i tnatyedonot and live: I^or are wc 
worlhip the image which afraid of my Lord the 
my lord the judge hath judge* nor of his deep 
fet up, nor acknowledge and dirty dungeon. 

its power. ^5 And a multitude of 

31 And they anfwered the people (houted for joy, 
andfaid, we are not care- and were pleafed with tn6 
ful to anfwer thee in this words which Shimei the 
thing » we confcfs the Levit, and A/(;r«/ the foa 
image is like unto a calf, oijihimiaZx had faid. 
and the caJPs head is like 30 And my L^oro tlie 
unto my lord the judge's judge 9xidSbiptohh.z Her- 
Head. niaphrodite, and all his 

3 z But heaven forbid counfellors were aftoniih- 

k, we ihouldlay the Im. edwith aftonifhment ! and 

age hath life and power, they became full of fury, 

or is infallible as a God : and the form of their vi> 

For the thing is not fo. fage was changed and be- 

3 3 Upon this we Hand, came pale, and lengthened 

that it is contrary to the exceedingly, 

religion of our fathers, to >- 37 And they would 

worlhip in this mSnncr, have put the men Sbimei 

neither canlV thou make and Moratt and all that 

blacky white \ nor that Ihouted, to death.but they 

/««;/«/ which vi unlawful i were afraid i for that by 

moreover it is contraiy to the Uw of the Jews no 

nuui 



PI. X. 



Cmap.II.] chronicles. 

man might fufFcr death I do this great crime a» 

tor this thing. gainft the law ? 

38 And Shiptol the -41 Or why do you re- 
Hermaphrodite (cnt a qucft me to take away the 
mclTage to the governor birth-rights of the people 
of the city, in the name of and to kill juftice. As I 
my Lord the judge, and hope for good things 1 
all his counfeflors, fay- will not. 

ing, Come and join thy 42 Then Shiptol the 
ftrength to our Itrength, Hermaphrodite comman- 
and avenge us of our ene- ded Daniel the Ethiopian 
mies. Cut Sb'mti the 
i.evit, and Marat the fon 
xiKjIbimaz in pieces. 

39 And we win fell the 



and Afa of the butchers, 
to feize on Shimei and 
Morat, and bind them 
and throw them into the 
birth-rights of the people darkcft and dirteft dun- 
unto my Lord the ^ver- geon, and they did fo 



nor, and we and our 
children will become his 
fervants, and his fervants 
fervants until the laft ge- 
neration. 



43 And Shiptol the Her- 
maphrodite came down 
from his feat, and fat no 
more thereon. But liaac 
the judge wentup thereon; 




40 Then the governor as he fat of old, fo did he 

of the city anfwered and fit now. 

faid, < Wherefore will you 44 And Ifaac the judge 

aik this wicked thing of made a proclamation, fay- 

me, that I fhould cut in ing. Thus Ihall be done 

pieces 5i&iwn' the Levit and to the man that faith 

Morat the fon of Ahimiaz^ ought againft my Lord or 

without caufe ? How can bis Calf. 

CHAP. m. 

AND it came to pa(s with his fpirit was troub- 

in the eight year of led and his deep brake 

Ifaac the judge^ that he from him. 

dreamed dreantSt where- « Then 



PI XI. 



CHRONICLES. 



s Then tfaac the judge 
commanded co call his 
counfcUurs to (hew his 
dreams. So they came 
and ftood betore him. 

3 And Ifaac the judge 
iaid unto them, I dreamed 
a dream, but the thing is 
gonefromme: Now there- 
tore ihcw me the dream, 
and the interpretation 
thereof and ye (hall receive 
great gifts and reward. 

4 But the counfellors 
could not (hew the dream. 
For they- were no tonjurers. 

5 Therefore Ifaac was 
very angry and furious, 
and his wrath boiled in 
him, and he fpoke violent- 
ly. Hitherto have ye 
qioken many lying and 
(orrnpc words before me, 
but now the times are 
changed. TTiere is oo 
proof in you. 

<S And they aofwered 
and faid. My Lord's fcr- 
vants are not wile men, 
neither do they deal in 
wifdom ; as they have 
fervedmy Lord until this 
dme, cvca fo will they 
ftiUferveu 

7 But never before did 
my Lord aflc this thing 



[Chap. Ill, 



of his counfellors, that 
they fliould Ipeak truth. 

f 8 Now there was s 
certain man, named /Tfra/t, 
who ftood at the door of 
theSanhedrim, and watch- 
ed there : and he knew 
concerning what Ifaac the 
judge was in wrath. 

9 And Kerak was wifer 
than all the counfellorsof 
Ifaac the judge, howbeit 
he fat not in the Sanhe< 
drim with them. Becaufi: 
he fcrved in die Temple. 

10 And he cache and 
bowed himfelt before Ifaac 
the judge, and faid, O 
judge, live for ever! 

11 The fecret which 
thou haft demanded is re- 
vealed unto me, and thy 
dream and the vifions of 
thy dream are thefe. 

12 Thy thoughts, O 
jodge, in the night, were 
opon all that thuu and thy 
counfellors have done in 
this houfe, from the very 
beginning of troubles un- 
til this day : but chiefly 
upon the trap and the plot 
that thou and Mafterol, 
and Adonis the fcribe, 
laid together, to catch 
Sbimei the Levit, and A^ 



PI. XII. 



Chap, in.] CHRONICLES. 

vat the fonof Ahimiar. i8 In this wife they 

\% And then thy travelled, and when they 

thoughts turned upon had gone a little {pace 

what Ihould caifte to paf$ out of the city, my Lond 

hereafter » and this was looked, and, lo ! there 



thy dream. 

14 Thou faweft, O 
JUDGE, and* behold a 
great multitude \ and the 
multitude was like unto 
the fands on the feafliore, 
or the leaves in the foreft 
of Bafan, for numbers. 

15 And fome were 
feotmen, and Ibme were 
horfemen*. and fhey en- 
compafled thee about : 
but my Lord was exalted 
and rode in an open cha- 
riot, that he might be 
feen of all the people. 

16 On the right hand 
lat Aitmii the fcribe, and 



was a llrangc tree. 

19 The tree was ftrong 
and ftraight and tall, and 
it had two trunks that 
went into the ground •, fo 
that there was no tree in 
the wildernefs like unto it. 

20 And people marvel- 
led, becaufe it had two 
trunks, that ic had no 
leaves nor fruit, for ic was 
barren. 

21 Bur, behold! the 
trunks had no roots, and 
therefore was it barren. 

22 And when Adonis 
tile fcribe, and MaJUrxtt of 
the fuburbs, faw tne tree. 



o« the left was Mqfterol thei r knees fmoce together 



of the fuburbs, 

1 7 And the multitude 
moved very flowly : as an 
army marching that is en- 
cumbered with much 



and their teeth talked to 
one another. 

23 Then alfo my Lord 
became aftonifhed, and 
his countenance changed. 



phinder : or as the cedars aod the people faid, V/hat 

on mount Lebanon bow fmell is this ? And the 

down their high heads multitude went on, and 

with a heavy wind, and the chariot came and iialt- 

raife them up again, when ed under the^ tree and 

ie is pail and gone } even refted there. 

fe they move4 24 And,«ft«r fotne time 



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(he chariot moved iigain, 
but, bdioldf my Lord che 
judge, and Adonis the 
fcribe, and Mafterol of 
the fuburbs, went not 
with it, but ftaid behind. 

25 For their heads 
caught hold of the tree 
and they were taken up be- 
tween heaven andeartli, 
even as Abfalom was tak- 
en up in the boughs of the 
oak, in the wood of E- 
phraim, fave thai they 
-were not taken up by the 
hair^ 

26 Thefe are the vifi- 
ons which my Lord the 
judge faw, in the night 
upon his bed. Now the 
interpretation thereof is* • 

« • 

27 And If^c the judge 
cried out fuddcnly, £- 
nough, enough, O Kirak I 
This is my dream, and the 
interpretation needeth not, 
tor in the meaning thcreolf 
a child is as an aftrologer, 
and a Ibckling child, as 
a Chaldean. 

28 So Kerak was pro- 
moted and made keeper of 
the prifon, and it was a 
great promotion : for in 
theledays if onecommun'd 



with a man that was hate- 
ful tolfaac the judge, tho' 
he were a father or a near 
friend, he was fhut up »• 
mongft the criminals and 
a dungeon became h^ 
dwelling. 

29 So he kept the peo- 
ple in fears, and fear kept 
them in filence, and.fi- 
lence kept them in flave- 
ry, and havery kept them 
in every thing unbecom- 
ing MAN, who was made 
in the image of his Crea- 
tor. 

30 Ifaac the judge was 
fore troubled with the 
dream, which he bad 
dreamed, and he went to 
his own houfe and gut 
aflies on his head, and 
mourned fixty days and 
fixty nights, and wou'd 
not be fecn of any one. 

Andthe reft oftheA6h 
ot Ifaac, and all the 
foolilh things that he 
fpake, are ihcy not 
written in the nu- 
nutes of the chroni- 
cles of the Judges of 
^udab ? 

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